The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
6:59 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 993
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.12° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 339.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.