The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 2096
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
1:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2143
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 | 278.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.55° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.70° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.57° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.