The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 1920
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:59 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -34
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 189.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.84° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.51° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.