The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
5:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2570
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 | 160.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -3.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.27° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.