The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
5:02 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 145.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / -0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.57° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.61° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.