The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
4:35 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1661
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.35° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.78° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.