The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1924
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
10:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 22
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 | 223.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.82° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.28° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.