The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1944
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
7:01 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.93° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.28° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.