The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
4:34 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2298
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 | 144.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 23.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.73° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.72° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.