The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1969
Waxing Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
10:34 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.83° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.83° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.