The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 2004
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
4:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 201.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.28° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.65° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.