The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1912
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
8:16 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -126
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.78° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.93° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.