The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1922
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
2:49 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.47° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.63° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.