The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2000
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
9:57 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 962
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.70° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.63° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.