The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1933
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
10:44 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.18° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.64° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.