The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2014
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
3:01 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.75° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.04° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.