The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2151
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
11:46 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2830
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 | 81.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.29° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.94° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.