The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 2060
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
7:13 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1698
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.85° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.53° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.