The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2131
Waning Crescent
26.5% 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
2:03 AM
4:41 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2582
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.08° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.17° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.