The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
9:11 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 200.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 315.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.08° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.26° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.