The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 14, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
4:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 131.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 31.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.69° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.78° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.