The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
7:28 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.41° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.