The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2052
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
2:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1605
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 | 277.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.31° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.45° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.