The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 2085
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
10:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2007
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 | 248.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.81° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.95° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.