The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 1979
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
7:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 301.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.89° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.11° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.