The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1941
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 226
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 | 246.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.14° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.01° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.