The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1955
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
6:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 346.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 173.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.94° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.12° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.