The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1951
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
8:29 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 200.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 336.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.54° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.32° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.