The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
2:42 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 100.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.19° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.09° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.