The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2060
Last Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1704
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury 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 | 272.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 25.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.88° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.00° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.