The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1963
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
6:54 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 161.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.00° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.88° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.7° |
| 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.