The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 14, 1944
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
11:05 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.06° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.