The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
3:55 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 721
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.14° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.29° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.