The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
3:26 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 119.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.92° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.48° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.