The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2023
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
4:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 313.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.22° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.47° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.