The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 956
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 | 154.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 358.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.89° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.66° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.