The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 1968
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
7:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.01° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.03° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| 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.