The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
4:59 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.27° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.25° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.