The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
2:50 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 350
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 | 103.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.98° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.29° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.