The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 14, 2014
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1136
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.03° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.69° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.