The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2084
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
9:46 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2001
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 | 202.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.68° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.01° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.