The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1939
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
7:15 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 24.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 147.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.25° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.01° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.