The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
2:59 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 137.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.59° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.86° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.