The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
3:46 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 99.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.94° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.46° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.