The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 2083
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
7:05 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1983
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 185.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.24° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.50° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.