The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2010
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.64° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.73° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.