The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2039
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
6:12 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1444
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.22° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.66° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.