The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1979
Waning Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
4:55 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.00° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.55° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.