The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2004
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
7:15 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.74° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.79° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.