The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2028
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
11:30 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1302
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.73° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.72° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.