The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2063
Waning Crescent
32.9% 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
1:21 AM
4:06 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1741
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 | 290.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.50° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.91° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.