The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1950
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
5:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 337
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 | 342.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.88° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.