The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1905
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
8:30 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 204.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.11° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.33° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.