The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3275
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 | 159.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.04° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.