The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1971
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
4:45 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 309.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.87° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.79° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.