The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1903
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
3:34 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 8.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.36° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.03° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.