The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 1996
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
4:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 318.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.43° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.11° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.