The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 1988
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
8:40 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 42.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.25° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.43° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.