The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1859
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 | 105.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.77° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.62° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.