The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1903
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
8:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -244
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 | 223.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.31° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.23° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.