The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2197
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
10:26 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3399
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.35° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.17° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.