The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
6:27 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1630
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 | 167.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.35° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.11° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.