The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2155
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
2:02 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 2879
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 | 251.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 28.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.07° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.48° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.