The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1259
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 6.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.13° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.13° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.