The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 2042
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
7:06 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -11.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.71° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.38° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.