The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1900
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
2:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.81° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.11° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.