The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2017
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
4:59 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 310.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 226.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.63° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.95° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.