The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1922
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
3:30 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -3
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 | 306.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.75° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.84° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.