The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 14, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
4:10 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1662
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.17° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.66° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.