The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1958
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
5:08 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 207.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.81° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.43° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.