The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2022
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
2:31 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 258.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 27.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.83° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.39° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.