The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 1979
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.67° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.46° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.