The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2121
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
6:33 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2452
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 180.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.00° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.