The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
10:39 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.21° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.94° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.