The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1947
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
6:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 165.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.20° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.69° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.