The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1729
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 | 159.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 359.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 2.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.53° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.