The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 2188
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
4:38 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3287
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 | 295.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.72° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.46° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.59° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.