The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 107.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.84° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.03° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| 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.