The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1982
Waning Gibbous
57.9% 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
1:09 AM
10:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 733
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 | 261.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.40° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.27° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.