The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2015
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
4:49 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 2.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.85° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.