The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2020
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
7:09 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 153.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.65° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.30° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 179.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.