The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1990
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
9:52 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 240.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.88° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.15° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| 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.