The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2009
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
10:28 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 241.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.07° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.88° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.