The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1987
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
7:04 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 795
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 | 187.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.33° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.00° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.