The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 14, 2012
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
2:59 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 290.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.82° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.94° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.