The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1914
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
3:56 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.32° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.28° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.