The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 2047
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
10:56 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1537
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -24.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.40° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.34° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.