The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2018
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
11:47 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 78.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.42° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.