The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2045
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
7:54 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1512
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 11.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.26° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.43° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.