The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2038
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
9:50 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1432
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.47° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.04° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.