The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1963
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
11:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.11° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.48° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.66° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.