The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 1971
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
9:21 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 597
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 | 247.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.45° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.05° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.