The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1988
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
7:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.69° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.01° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.