The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1945
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 276
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.39° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.79° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.