The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2009
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
5:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 181.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.23° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.82° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.