The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1927
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
11:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 59
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 | 233.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.76° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.76° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.