The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
3:59 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1259
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.22° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.29° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.