The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 1999
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
8:57 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 130.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 7.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.08° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.51° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.