The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2169
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
4:39 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3052
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.76° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.78° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.