The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
5:19 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -182
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.76° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.30° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.