The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3034
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.30° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.