The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 15, 1923
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
10:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 10
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 | 75.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.59° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.48° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.