The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2669
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 | 156.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.81° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.70° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.