The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 1957
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
6:26 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 313.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.32° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.63° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.