The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 2001
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:25 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.79° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.75° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.