The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2056
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.00° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.57° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.