The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
6:07 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 857
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 | 173.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.02° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.09° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.