The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
2:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.62° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.47° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.