The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 14, 2006
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
7:09 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1030
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 | 191.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 300.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.61° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.80° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.