The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 2031
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
2:11 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 281.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 241.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.85° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.52° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.