The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% 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
2:48 PM
3:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2935
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.54° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.59° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| 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.