The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2085
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
5:32 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2013
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 | 336.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -5.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.97° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.82° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.