The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
3:37 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 123.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.45° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.30° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.