The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1982
Waning Crescent
6.5% 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
4:53 AM
6:10 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 739
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 | 330.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 190.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.82° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.26° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.