The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1494
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 | 155.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 5.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -0.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.36° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.33° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.