The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1989
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
10:05 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 826
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 | 205.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.16° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.39° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.