The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2046
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
8:25 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1531
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.92° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.46° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.