The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1950
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
9:46 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 70.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -28.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.63° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.13° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| 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.