The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2050
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
1:59 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 278.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.88° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.34° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.