The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 14, 1961
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
6:41 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 353.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 174.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.69° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.16° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.