The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 2076
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
10:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1902
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 209.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.11° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.44° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.