The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
1:08 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 69.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.49° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.91° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.