The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
7:01 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:57 AM, is deepest at 3:45 AM and ends at 5:33 AM. Totality lasts from 3:06 AM to 4:24 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.82° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.38° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.