The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1993
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
2:32 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 869
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 | 290.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.32° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.19° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.