The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2047
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
5:08 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 201.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.75° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.