The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1976
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
2:40 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.87° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.62° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.