The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2077
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
6:37 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1914
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.87° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.29° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.