The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
6:50 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.44° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.