The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
4:23 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 141.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 27.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.03° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.95° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.