The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2101
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2211
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.71° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.12° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.