The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 251
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 | 123.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.99° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.18° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.