The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1977
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
8:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 678
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 133.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.68° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.92° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.