The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2047
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
4:40 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.54° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.00° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.