The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2045
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
10:29 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1519
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 | 66.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.81° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.01° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.