The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2007
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
4:59 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.67° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.36° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.