The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1934
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
9:27 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 140
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 | 20.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.84° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.75° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.