The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2015
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
9:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.43° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.08° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.