The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
12:23 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1420
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 | 97.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.13° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.19° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.