The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1985
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
3:56 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 770
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 | 321.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 211.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.41° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.58° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.