The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
4:12 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1494
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 26.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.34° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.49° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.