The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2023
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
7:18 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 146.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -13.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.57° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.97° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.