The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1922
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -9
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 | 242.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.91° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.22° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.