The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1946
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
11:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 232.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.97° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.56° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| 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.