The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
2:44 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 101.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.79° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.68° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.