The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 2000
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
8:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 196.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.90° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.48° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| 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.