The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1991
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
8:26 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.9° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.20° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.30° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.