The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
12:57 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 118.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.01° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.45° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.