The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1908
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
12:50 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 253.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.74° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.29° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.