The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 1990
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
10:48 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 832
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.93° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.34° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.