The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
4:33 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3139
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.40° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.24° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.