The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1955
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
7:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 149.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.40° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.45° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.