The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2106
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
9:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 317.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.55° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.32° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.