The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
4:36 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.55° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.43° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.