The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
11:50 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 999
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 | 227.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.47° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.26° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.