The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
6:18 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2403
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 343.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.26° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.58° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| 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.