The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 2156
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
4:33 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2885
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 204.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.03° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.72° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.