The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1990
Waning Crescent
4.0% 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
5:44 AM
5:38 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 184.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.29° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.02° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.