The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
2:02 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 284.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.96° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.79° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.