The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 925
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.49° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.