The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1920
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
10:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 53.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.43° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.71° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.