The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2076
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
12:22 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1902
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 | 234.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.71° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.76° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.