The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1903
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
9:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.54° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.41° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.