The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 14, 2104
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2242
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.36° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.39° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.