The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2128
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2545
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.93° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.30° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.