The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1925
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
11:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 28
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.56° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.07° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| 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.