The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
4:03 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1093
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 | 141.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.81° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.68° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.