The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2001
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
11:36 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 968
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 | 259.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.01° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.36° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.