The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 14, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
4:09 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 113.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.58° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.61° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.