The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2188
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
9:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3281
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.65° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.97° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.