The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2120
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
4:04 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2446
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.51° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.11° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.