The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2038
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
8:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1432
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 | 196.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.63° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.88° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.