The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 2144
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2743
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 | 232.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.26° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.24° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.