The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 146
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 | 101.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.40° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.87° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.