The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
4:58 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1191
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 | 128.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 27.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.50° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.21° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.