The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2043
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
1:58 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.01° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.46° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.14° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.