The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2058
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
6:23 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1679
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 | 338.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 178.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.67° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.47° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.