The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1968
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 229.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.84° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.21° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.