The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 14, 1911
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
6:29 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -145
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 320.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.06° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.46° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.