The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 2018
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
7:51 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 148.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.36° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.93° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 22.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.