The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 1952
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
9:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 362
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 | 248.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.70° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.26° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.