The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1943
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
10:50 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 257
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.14° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.