The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1965
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
2:10 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 529
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 | 255.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.42° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.20° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.