The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 2045
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
9:31 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1519
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -27.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.03° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.21° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.