The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 158.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.69° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.