The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 2017
Waning Gibbous
87.6% 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
11:55 PM
9:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 221.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.14° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.29° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.