The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 16, 1955
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
12:54 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 399
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 | 284.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.26° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.29° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.