The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
12:20 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 99.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.00° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.90° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.