The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
5:06 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1358
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.58° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.57° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.