The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 14, 1979
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
3:48 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.38° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.15° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.