The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1980
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
10:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.47° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.77° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.