The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1922
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -9
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 | 230.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.70° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.04° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.