The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2057
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
11:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.29° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.97° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.