The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2174
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
1:43 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3114
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 | 246.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.42° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.10° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.