The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
3:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2700
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.84° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.39° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.