The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1958
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
8:23 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 443
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 | 25.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 133.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.26° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.72° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.