The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 1909
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:59 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 311.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.08° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.55° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.