The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 2074
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1871
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 | 234.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.84° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.55° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.