The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1906
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
5:34 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 343.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.61° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.17° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.