The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1963
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 498
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 | 242.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.20° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.28° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.