The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2103
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
8:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.97° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.65° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.