The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 14, 2131
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
4:03 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2582
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.19° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.97° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.