The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 159.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 358.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.29° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.