The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1901
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
8:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 131.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.68° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.01° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.