The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 14, 1998
Waning Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
3:23 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.50° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.97° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.