The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1906
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
11:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -207
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.92° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.26° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.