The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 100.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.08° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.06° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.