The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 14, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
3:04 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 16
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.49° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.48° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.