The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2087
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
12:48 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2038
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 | 243.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.76° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.00° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.