The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2055
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
4:15 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 293.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.08° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.35° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.