The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
4:09 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.40° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.90° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.