The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2061
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
3:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1710
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 | 300.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.83° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.89° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.86° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.