The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1913
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
8:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -114
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 | 196.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 339.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.84° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.92° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.