The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
5:11 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 151.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.73° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.39° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.