The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1937
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 177
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 | 62.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 22.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.60° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.63° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.