The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2133
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
10:17 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2607
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 | 210.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.02° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.85° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.