The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1984
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
2:12 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 764
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 | 255.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 26.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.59° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.01° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.