The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1964
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
9:58 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 511
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 114.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.00° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.70° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.