The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 2007
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
6:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 334.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 182.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.51° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.58° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.