The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 15, 2091
Waning Crescent
9.0% 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
5:31 AM
5:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2081
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 192.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.05° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.93° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.