The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 14, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
6:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.65° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.