The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1993
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
6:10 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 170.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.66° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.73° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.