The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 14, 1923
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
9:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 10
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.47° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.68° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.