The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1969
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
8:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.60° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.24° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.