The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
6:03 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1797
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.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 338.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.50° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.06° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| 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.