The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2140
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
9:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2694
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.23° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.