The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
1:01 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3102
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 | 108.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.08° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.25° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.