The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
1:24 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2966
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 | 106.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.92° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.52° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| 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.