The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2198
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
9:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3411
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 | 198.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 321.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.90° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.46° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.