The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
3:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 115
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.82° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.91° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.