The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2110
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
9:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2323
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 122.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.51° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.45° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.