The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1905
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
9:26 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 215.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.02° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.49° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.