The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1938
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
6:09 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.14° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.