The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 16, 2101
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2205
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 | 216.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.66° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.75° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.