The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2134
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
6:30 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2619
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 169.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.97° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.52° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.