The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2126
Waning Crescent
0.8% 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
6:41 AM
6:32 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2520
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 | 349.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 166.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.85° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.98° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.