The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2065
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
10:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1766
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 | 206.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.09° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.39° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.