The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
3:24 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1222
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 | 133.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.45° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.98° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.