The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 2006
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
3:42 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 277.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.64° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.30° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.