The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1905
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
7:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.24° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.17° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.