The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2162
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
12:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2966
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.67° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.67° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.70° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.