The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
6:35 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 168.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.22° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.78° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.