The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 16, 1960
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.40° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.82° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.