The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2115
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
11:45 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2378
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.87° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.96° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.