The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:08 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 104.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.19° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.34° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.