The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
4:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 721
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.66° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.93° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.