The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 14, 2056
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
7:56 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1648
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 3.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.88° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.46° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 10.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.