The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 919
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 | 111.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 46.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.19° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.62° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| 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.