The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1912
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
9:06 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -126
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 | 63.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.39° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.72° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.