The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1991
Waxing Crescent
40.2% 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
2:11 PM
11:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 851
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.30° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.53° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.