The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 2004
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
4:22 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1006
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.60° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.