The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 2023
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
3:20 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.75° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.18° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.