The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1919
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 263.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.26° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.03° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.