The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2074
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
9:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1871
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.14° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.38° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.