The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 159.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.25° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.27° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.