The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2074
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
5:05 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.28° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.