The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1970
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
9:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 204.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.36° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.60° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| 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.