The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1980
First Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.58° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.39° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.