The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1911
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
6:53 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -145
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 | 203.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.16° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.63° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.