The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2044
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
7:35 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1501
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 | 209.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.87° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.48° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.