The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 2009
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
11:38 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1067
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.03° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.13° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.