The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1996
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
7:05 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 344.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 166.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.98° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.56° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.