The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1985
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
1:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 770
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 | 299.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 226.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.11° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.14° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.