The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
6:03 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3108
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -4.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.53° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.35° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| 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.