The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1936
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
6:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 171
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 161.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.01° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.53° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.