The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2011
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
11:59 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 229.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.88° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.01° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.