The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2001
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
6:41 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 169.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.57° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.27° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.