The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
4:23 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 387
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 | 152.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -3.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.54° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.31° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.