The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1950
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
6:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 337
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 | 353.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 178.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.14° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.11° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.