The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2128
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
1:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2545
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.06° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.12° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.