The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1930
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
7:42 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 90
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 | 222.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.64° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.61° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.