The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2046
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
9:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 198.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 324.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.94° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.62° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| 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.