The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2023
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
3:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1240
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.84° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.25° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.