The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1998
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
8:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 214.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.61° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.51° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.