The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2054
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
7:25 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.68° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 173.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.