The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 14, 2118
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
6:31 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2421
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.17° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.43° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.