The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
4:29 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 820
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 | 120.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.19° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.21° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.