The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
4:34 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 158.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.83° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.