The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1906
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
5:00 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -201
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.46° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.96° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.