The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2904
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 | 155.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.33° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.90° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| 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.