The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
12:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 98.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.81° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.55° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.