The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2096
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
6:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2149
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 | 353.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 159.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -3.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.60° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.10° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.