The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
2:57 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2768
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 | 126.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.95° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.45° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.