The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1911
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 279.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.64° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.17° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.