The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
4:27 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 139.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.48° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.11° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.