The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1998
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
8:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 931
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 | 210.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.51° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.38° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.