The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 1906
Waning Crescent
41.0% 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
2:14 AM
12:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -207
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 | 280.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.28° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.