The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2050
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
7:14 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1581
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.37° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.63° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.