The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1982
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
7:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.84° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.69° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 162.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.