The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 16, 2197
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
11:31 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3399
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 | 73.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.21° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.10° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.97° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.