The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2189
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
8:10 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3294
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 148.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.37° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.60° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.