The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1259
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 348.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.26° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.98° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.