The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
2:50 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -108
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.91° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.23° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.