The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 14, 1976
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
5:49 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 659
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 338.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -11.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.95° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.