The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 2031
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
6:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1345
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 | 351.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 166.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.77° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.34° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.