The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2068
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
1:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1803
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.37° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.37° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.