The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2053
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
5:00 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1611
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 199.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.56° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.53° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.