The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 16, 2153
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:15 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2848
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 | 280.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.71° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.60° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.