The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
4:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 154.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 29.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.13° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.98° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.