The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2107
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
6:31 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2285
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 | 350.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 166.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.95° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.18° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.