The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 2078
First Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1927
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.47° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.09° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.