The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2063
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
3:32 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1741
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.42° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.72° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.