The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1966
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
7:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 7.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.92° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.39° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.