The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1957
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
12:59 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 1.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.31° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.47° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.