The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1981
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
11:13 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 727
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 | 223.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.01° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.99° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.