The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1959
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
12:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 71.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.67° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.13° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.