The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
4:57 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 148.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.31° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.18° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.