The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
12:58 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1927
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 | 107.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.36° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.91° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.