The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1981
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
8:45 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 9.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.06° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.68° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.