The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.67° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.93° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.