The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2050
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
6:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.29° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.84° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.