The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2094
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
10:18 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2125
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.43° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.36° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.