The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2014
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
6:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. From Columbus, 39% of the Sun is covered at 6:47 PM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.28° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.53° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.