The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
4:19 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 16
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.38° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.12° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.