The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 2015
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
5:56 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.90° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.15° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.