The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% 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
4:24 PM
1:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.89° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.32° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.