The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2072
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
10:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 64.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.67° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.10° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.65° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.