The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 1965
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
6:29 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 523
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 | 189.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.66° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.