The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
3:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1457
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 | 133.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.81° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.18° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.