The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:28 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1995
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 33.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.11° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.22° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.