The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 14, 2199
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3417
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -20.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.12° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.02° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.