The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1935
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
11:54 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 158
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 | 240.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.68° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.48° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.