The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
5:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1562
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.80° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.85° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.