The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 2006
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
4:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1036
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.93° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.69° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.