The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
4:25 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.55° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.87° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.