The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2037
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1420
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.65° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.14° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.38° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| 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.