The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
3:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 919
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 | 100.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.31° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.82° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.