The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 16, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
4:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3034
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 | 110.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 42.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.11° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.