The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1916
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
12:16 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -77
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 | 244.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.51° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.86° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.