The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 2022
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
12:42 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 236.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.87° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.04° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.