The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1966
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
8:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 130.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.07° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.96° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.