The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1979
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
8:04 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 696
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 | 218.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.17° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.29° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.