The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 1937
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
12:34 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 177
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 | 75.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.68° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.42° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.