The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
2:57 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 125.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.03° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.71° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.