The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 14, 1960
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
8:05 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.28° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.47° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.