The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 14, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
6:27 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.74° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.