The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2101
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
7:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2205
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.65° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.59° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.