The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1939
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
4:27 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 216.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.15° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.61° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.