The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2017
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
10:27 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1166
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.50° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.52° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| 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.