The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 2015
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
7:16 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:15 AM, is deepest at 8:00 AM and ends at 9:45 AM. Totality lasts from 7:53 AM to 8:06 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.36° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| 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.