The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1908
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
1:41 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.03° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.47° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.