The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 288
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.83° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.74° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.1° |
| 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.