The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 1994
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 50.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.01° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.93° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.