The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 14, 2085
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
10:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2008
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.59° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.88° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.