The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
2:06 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 102.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.74° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.91° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.