The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2025
Waning Crescent
21.2% 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
2:46 AM
4:47 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1271
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 | 305.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.89° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.49° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.