The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1946
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
1:21 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 258.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.61° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.90° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.