The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
5:15 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1562
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 | 150.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -3.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.64° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.02° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.