The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2117
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
1:37 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2409
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 | 245.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.82° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.06° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.