The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2079
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
1:38 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 246.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 28.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.49° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.45° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.