The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1921
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
6:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -15
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 4:13 PM, is deepest at 5:53 PM and ends at 7:33 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.89° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.