The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1941
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
3:37 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 232
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 | 307.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.79° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.63° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.