The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
4:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -83
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 | 160.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 21.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.94° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.54° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.