The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1912
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
6:34 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -133
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 | 350.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.7° / 181.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.71° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.70° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.