The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2001
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
7:12 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.41° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.49° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 182.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.