The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2174
Waning Gibbous
59.6% 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
11:33 PM
2:34 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3114
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.44° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.28° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.