The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
3:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 134.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.84° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.16° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.