The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1949
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
3:18 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 331
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 | 289.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.08° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.99° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.