The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1950
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
7:46 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 43.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 137.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.50° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.54° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.