The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
3:17 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 112.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.65° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.27° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.