The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:19 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 350
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 | 114.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.41° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.10° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.