The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
1:08 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 104.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.91° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.97° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.