The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
3:15 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1525
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.61° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.19° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.