The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 1999
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
7:44 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.42° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.17° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.