The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1931
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
9:38 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 109
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 | 69.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -28.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.07° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.48° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.93° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.