The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 2083
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
8:10 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1982
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 12.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.20° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.83° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.