The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 15, 2196
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:14 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3380
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 | 215.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.19° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.37° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.