The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1931
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
6:05 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 189.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.00° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.30° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.