The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 14, 2001
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
12:10 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.67° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.49° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.