The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1933
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
9:33 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -27.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.05° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.45° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.