The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
4:06 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1024
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 26.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -9.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.27° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.09° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.