The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 14, 1978
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
12:45 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 684
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.87° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.31° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.