The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2027
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
8:56 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1296
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 | 193.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 328.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.22° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.84° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.