The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2009
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
5:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 326.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 199.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.10° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.61° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.