The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2169
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3046
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.59° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.16° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.