The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2179
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
8:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3176
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 | 190.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 328.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.67° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.69° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.