The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
5:19 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 165.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.41° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.83° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.