The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1987
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
8:06 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 795
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 | 213.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.39° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.34° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| 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.