The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1921
First Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
1:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -21
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.94° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.34° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.