The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2153
Waning Crescent
1.7% 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
6:15 AM
6:26 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2854
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.85° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.32° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| 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.