The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 1912
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
5:27 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -133
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 197.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.47° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.