The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.36° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.