The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
4:13 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 296.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.31° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.94° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.