The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 2126
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
5:53 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2520
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 185.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.76° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.76° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.