The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 14, 1990
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
9:42 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 833
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.94° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.10° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.