The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1997
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
8:05 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 925
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 | 187.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.46° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.