The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1909
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
7:13 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -163
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 | 25.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.47° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.68° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.