The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1960
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
4:58 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 313.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 220.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.88° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.95° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.