The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 14, 2007
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
8:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 131.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.53° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.83° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.