The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
4:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2935
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 | 126.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.83° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.41° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.