The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1974
Last Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
12:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.79° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.17° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.