The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1947
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
2:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 300
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 | 304.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.64° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.93° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.