The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 2011
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
10:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 208.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 315.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.97° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.68° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.