The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 2074
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
10:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1871
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.12° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.73° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.