The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1960
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
8:56 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 232.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.89° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.64° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.