The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Waning Gibbous
61.1% 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
11:58 PM
1:40 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 257.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.54° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.67° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.