The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1923
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
6:44 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.62° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.75° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.