The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
5:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 758
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 6.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.71° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.32° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.