The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1928
Waxing Crescent
8.4% 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
9:31 AM
7:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 141.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.68° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.87° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.