The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1900
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
5:53 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.74° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.44° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.