The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 2019
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
8:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.80° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.11° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.