The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1938
Waning Gibbous
68.9% 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
10:10 PM
12:05 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 247.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.52° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.17° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.