The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2090
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
8:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2069
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.53° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.53° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.