The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1953
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
10:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 75.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.51° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.43° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.