The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
5:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 994
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 356.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.38° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.06° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.