The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 14, 1948
Waxing Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 27.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.32° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.38° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.