The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 14, 2056
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
11:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.24° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.76° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.