The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2048
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
10:36 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1551
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.01° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.72° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.