The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 14, 2018
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
10:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.33° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.