The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2095
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
4:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2132
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.61° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.26° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| 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.