The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2109
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
1:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2310
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 | 253.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.55° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.49° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.