The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
4:21 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1525
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.96° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.83° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.