The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 15, 2162
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
9:24 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2960
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.95° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.44° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.