The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2093
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
4:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2112
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.0° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.38° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.95° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.