The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2873
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 0.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.48° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.14° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.