The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2044
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1500
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 | 217.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.46° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.53° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.