The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2049
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
1:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1568
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 | 247.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.83° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.56° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.