The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2060
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
2:42 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 260.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.45° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.82° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.