The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1952
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
4:34 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 368
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 | 334.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.58° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.12° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.