The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
12:54 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 103.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.39° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.76° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.