The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1915
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
10:35 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -89
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.93° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.03° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| 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.