The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2044
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
4:44 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.85° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.31° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.