The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2015
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
8:40 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.21° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.29° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.