The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 14, 1962
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
8:47 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 492
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 | 196.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.15° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.88° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.