The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2175
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
6:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3127
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 150.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.38° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.12° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.