The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2188
Waning Gibbous
69.1% 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
1:16 AM
10:38 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3281
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -24.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.12° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.15° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| 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.