The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
4:10 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 124.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.31° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.29° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.