The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
4:48 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 313.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.89° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.40° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.