The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 2198
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
8:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3411
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.74° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.