The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -182
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 | 168.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 1.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.42° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.