The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 14, 1988
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
6:19 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 335.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 0.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.79° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.