The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1931
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
5:05 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 102
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 | 334.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.11° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.08° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.