The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 1923
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
7:40 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 4
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.7° / 155.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.44° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.03° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.