The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 16, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
4:06 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 119.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.24° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.85° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.