The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1985
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
7:19 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.98° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.59° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.