The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Waning Gibbous
98.9% 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
7:03 PM
8:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 191.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.95° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.05° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.