The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1938
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.85° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.53° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.