The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
10:12 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 211.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.51° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.42° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.