The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1915
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
8:45 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -95
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter 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 | 13.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.19° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.57° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.