The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1952
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
10:32 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 362
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.80° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.45° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.