The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 1995
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
2:27 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.62° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.23° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.