The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% 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
4:08 PM
4:12 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2837
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.36° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.06° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.