The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2094
First Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2125
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 | 84.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.13° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.97° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.