The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
2:07 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1457
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.49° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.35° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.