The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1957
Last Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
2:33 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.23° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.83° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.