The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2145
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
6:36 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2755
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 165.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.78° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.78° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.