The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2142
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2712
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.11° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.78° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.