The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1957
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
5:46 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 339.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.17° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.