The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1988
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
10:28 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.14° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.03° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.