The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
2:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 752
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.72° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.54° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.