The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1907
First Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
11:59 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -188
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.00° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.