The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2017
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1166
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.64° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.34° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.