The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
5:02 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 162.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.21° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.