The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1923
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
11:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 10
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.28° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.14° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.29° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.