The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2075
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1890
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.32° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.