The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
9:52 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1049
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 | 59.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -28.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.41° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.42° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| 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.