The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 2077
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
12:58 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1908
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 | 277.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 229.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.37° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.77° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.