The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1916
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
10:25 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -77
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 318.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.84° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.53° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.