The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1957
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
7:10 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 424
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 | 208.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.10° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.80° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.