The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2139
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
3:27 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2681
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 | 280.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.99° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.53° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.