The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 2073
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
8:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1865
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.30° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.