The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2133
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
9:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2607
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 | 198.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.60° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.69° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.