The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2034
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
4:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1376
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 204.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.20° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.72° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.