The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
5:37 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 956
Events on this date
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 13.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.50° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.83° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.