The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 2014
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
7:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.29° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.70° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.