The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1983
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
11:00 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 747
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.63° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.49° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.