The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
6:42 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1933
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 | 173.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.73° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.04° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.