The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2083
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
11:07 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1989
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 | 71.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -25.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.09° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.41° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.