The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2101
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
3:45 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2211
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 | 284.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.80° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.31° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| 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.