The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1955
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
11:52 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 399
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.77° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.09° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.