The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1995
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
1:03 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.85° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.87° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.