The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2016
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:03 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 326.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.59° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.61° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.