The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 16, 1966
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
3:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 313.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.79° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.76° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.