The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
5:29 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 288
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.54° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.91° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.