The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2170
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3065
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.80° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.15° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.13° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.