The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2075
Waxing Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
11:24 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1890
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.20° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.97° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.