The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 1915
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
9:47 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -95
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 | 24.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.5° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.13° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.35° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.