The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1954
Waning Gibbous
90.7% 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
7:27 PM
9:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 393
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.17° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.97° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.