The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
6:31 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 993
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 | 163.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 345.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.95° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.02° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.