The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1942
Waxing Crescent
24.9% 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
12:27 PM
10:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.30° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.38° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.