The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 1982
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
11:24 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 734
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.12° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.70° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.