The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2069
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
2:55 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1809
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 226.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.66° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.42° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.