The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 2037
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
9:16 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1414
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.37° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.90° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.