The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
3:09 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.34° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.30° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.