The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 16, 2161
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2947
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.32° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.95° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.