The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2033
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
2:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1370
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.17° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.65° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.