The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 16, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
5:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 159.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.71° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.45° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.