The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 2104
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
4:35 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2248
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.29° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.01° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.