The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2106
Waning Gibbous
83.7% 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
9:44 PM
11:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2273
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 | 227.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.59° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.64° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.