The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2098
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
2:27 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2174
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 28.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.36° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.44° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.