The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 1996
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
8:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 24.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 132.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.54° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.09° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.