The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1900
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.36° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.92° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.