The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1948
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
1:02 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 313
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 | 75.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 27.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.12° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.18° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.