The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 2200
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
9:21 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3431
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.36° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.14° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| 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.