The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 2010
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
9:50 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1080
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.17° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.27° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.