The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1903
Waning Crescent
29.1% 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
12:58 AM
2:54 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -238
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 | 294.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.04° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.83° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| 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.