The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 622
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 | 169.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.54° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.37° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| 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.