The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 1923
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:49 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus 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 | 343.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 191.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.52° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.