The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 2061
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
7:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1717
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 | 13.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.72° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.56° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.