The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 14, 1971
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
7:37 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.82° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.69° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.