The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 1993
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
6:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 876
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.93° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.05° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 342.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.