The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1989
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
7:23 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 341.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.58° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.