The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2041
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
7:02 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1463
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.98° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.