The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 2109
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
7:13 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2304
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 314.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.42° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.