The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -89
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.71° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.67° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.