The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 2010
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
9:48 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 7.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.52° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.36° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.