The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1966
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
2:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.91° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.54° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.