The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1999
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
7:43 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 151.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.00° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.26° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.