The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
4:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -219
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 | 139.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.66° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.93° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| 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.