The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2173
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3102
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -25.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.84° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.43° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.