The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 2075
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
8:26 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1884
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 140.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.58° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.18° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 20.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.