The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1972
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
11:51 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 80.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.63° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.