The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1996
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
5:57 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.52° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.27° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.